“Sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child”—so says King Lear at the start of his madness (1.4.198). 

Photo: Anthony Hopkins and Florence Pugh as King Lear and Cordelia (2018).

“Sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child”—so says King Lear at the start of his madness (1.4.198). Photo: Anthony Hopkins and Florence Pugh as King Lear and Cordelia (2018).

A “thankless child”

One villanelle a week on Zen Buddhist and Taoist themes.

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A “thankless child”

A “thankless child”